b) Means should justify the end? Explain
this adage with reference to O. Henry's
story
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Title: After twenty years
Author: O.Henry
Theme: Friendship, loyalty and trust
About author:
*O.Henry is an popular Amarican author
*His original name is William Sidney porter
Explanation:
When ‘Means justify the end’, ethical consideration focuses on what you do not the consequences of what you’ve done. In this story, “After Twenty Years” by O Henry. Jimmy goes out to find a job despite leaving his friend. Jimmy is doing his ethical consideration of work as he is an honest po¬lice officer. Jimmy has established himself as a respected policeman of integrity and decency.
Silky Bob and Jimmy Wells are both good friends and keep promises. It is pretty remarkable that silky Bob and Jimmy agree to meet each other. Later, but one is a cop and the other is a criminal. We know that Jimmy wells is a man of honour. Jimmy valued being a police officer, but he valued the memory of Bob’s friendship. He had a difficult choice to arrest him.
Jimmy can’t bring himself to do it but whatever the situation may be, he couldn’t give up the duty. That’s why he gets another cop to do it. Though he is his best friend Jimmy’s identity was more about being a cop than about being Bob’s friend. Finally, the means of Jimmy’s heart is justified at the end. That he did his job honestly.